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Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes - Questions/Comments? Let me know!
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: cheeseit on March 14, 2017, 06:53:15 pm ---Any idea how R&S would respond to Dave or someone else publishing hacking related content regarding these new scopes like he did the Keysight one?
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Someone asked this in another thread.
R&S are the only manufacturer to have ever asked to have hacking information removed from this forum, take that as you will.
Of course that should only encourage people hacking their products :P
ruairi:
Rich,
Welcome to the forum. I've been saving funds for a Keysight DSOX2024A that's on sale locally for a very good price but the new R&S scopes (with the special launch offers) may have put paid to that idea if I can find the extra cash...
One questions - from the data sheet:
"in line with EN 55011 class A, operation in residential, commercial and business areas or in small-size companies is not covered; therefore the instrument may not be operated in residential, commercial and business areas or in small-size companies unless additional measures are taken to ensure that EN 55011 class B is complied with"
Can you explain what this means in the real world? (I am not up to speed with these codes).
Rich@RohdeScopesUSA:
--- Quote from: ruairi on March 15, 2017, 03:40:48 am ---Rich,
Welcome to the forum. I've been saving funds for a Keysight DSOX2024A that's on sale locally for a very good price but the new R&S scopes (with the special launch offers) may have put paid to that idea if I can find the extra cash...
One questions - from the data sheet:
"in line with EN 55011 class A, operation in residential, commercial and business areas or in small-size companies is not covered; therefore the instrument may not be operated in residential, commercial and business areas or in small-size companies unless additional measures are taken to ensure that EN 55011 class B is complied with"
Can you explain what this means in the real world? (I am not up to speed with these codes).
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Hi ruairi - thanks for the welcome. WRT your question - I'm not sure. I'll find out and let you know ASAP.
-Rich
kaz911:
--- Quote from: ruairi on March 15, 2017, 03:40:48 am ---Rich,
Welcome to the forum. I've been saving funds for a Keysight DSOX2024A that's on sale locally for a very good price but the new R&S scopes (with the special launch offers) may have put paid to that idea if I can find the extra cash...
One questions - from the data sheet:
"in line with EN 55011 class A, operation in residential, commercial and business areas or in small-size companies is not covered; therefore the instrument may not be operated in residential, commercial and business areas or in small-size companies unless additional measures are taken to ensure that EN 55011 class B is complied with"
Can you explain what this means in the real world? (I am not up to speed with these codes).
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In short it means it is a noisy bugger :) that might give interference in other radio signals - like FM radio etc. But if it will be a real world problem I do not know. Maybe do not put your radio on top of it?
borjam:
--- Quote from: Rich@RohdeScopesUSA on March 14, 2017, 07:02:33 pm ---But I can tell you R&S has huge amounts of respect for Dave and this forum and in general wants to be very supportive of you all. I can also tell you I did NOT join to "spy" and look for hacking (someone else mentioned it in another thread where that same question came up). From my perspective for the hobbyist community, it's a non-issue (but I can't speak for every person within R&S). If it were a corporation I might have a different opinion.
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Fortunately for T&M manufacturers, a hacked measurement instrument is, by definition, not certified by the manufacturer. So any measurement taken with it can be regarded as useless whenever there is any legal aspect to it.
It's easy to picture this issue: A manufacturer sells a large batch of defective equipment and it causes some accidents. The manufacturer blames their hacked T&M equipment. And, of course, the T&M equipment manufacturer retaliates: "What? Were you measuring 100 MHz signals with an instrument *specified* for 70 MHz? Good luck in court!".
What percentage of the "hackable" instruments sold have actually been hacked?
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